Sketches of early Buffalo, c. 1825-1862.

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Sketches of early Buffalo, c. 1825-1862.

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St. John drew on his experiences as one of the earliest European settlers of Buffalo to create these drawings, some of the only surviving first-hand depictions of the village's early years. Includes Drawings Nos. 1-7, which depict scenes of Buffalo during the War of 1812 following the burning of Buffalo. Drawings Nos. 9 and 10 were donated to the Buffalo Historical Society by St. John in 1862 and can be found in Mss. A00-504. Whether or not Drawing No. 8 has survived is unknown. Also included are two land deeds (dated 1825 and 1828) of Jonathan Sidway, St. John's brother-in-law, and background materials about the donation and the drawings.

(0.1 linear ft.).

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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St. John, Le Grand C., (Cannon), 1808-1870.

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Le Grand C. St. John was born in Williamsville, NY in 1808 to Margaret Marsh and Gamaliel St. John. In the winter of 1813-1814, several years after the family moved to Buffalo to operate a tavern, Le Grand witnessed the burning of Buffalo. Le Grand St. John never married but moved into the Sidway Mansion with his sister, Parnell St. John Sidway, when her husband, Jonathan Sidway, died in 1847. Le Grand would live in Buffalo for the remainder of his life as a self-described "gentleman" artist and...